Heidi Huddleston Cross – Geriatric Skin and Wound Care: Prevention Strategies, Current Treatments & Less Litigation Risk – PESI

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Geriatric Skin and Wound Care: Prevention Strategies, Current Treatments & Less Litigation Risk
Speaker: Heidi Huddleston Cross, MSN, RN, FNP-BC, CWON®
Duration: 2 Hours 08 Minutes
Format: Audio and Video

Description

Owing to longer lifespans and aging baby boomers, the U.S. population of those 65 or older will double in the next 25 years. As if wound care has not been critical to well understand before, it is going to become even more essential that your delivery of this complex care is at its absolute best.

Skin and wound care becomes more challenging in the elderly due largely to functional changes and chronic diseases that accompany aging, contributing to senescence. Conditions such as photoaging, skin tears, chronic or hard to heal wounds, pressure injuries, incontinence associated dermatitis, malnutrition, and the frailties that accompany dementia and end of life issues require that healthcare practitioners have the knowledge to meet this challenge. This course will do just that! Learn how to identify emerging skin issues quickly and initiate the current best plan for healing. Move forward with improved confidence in your skin and wound assessments and treatments, meeting standards of care with less litigation risk.

Speaker

Heidi Huddleston Cross, MSN, RN, FNP-BC, CWON®
Heidi Huddleston Cross, MSN, RN, FNP-BC, CWON®, is a board-certified Wound and Ostomy Nurse and a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner. She has extensive experience caring for wound and ostomy patients in acute care and long-term care. Currently, Heidi is employed by a surgical group providing consultation for nursing homes and has her own independent practice as an expert witness for plaintiff and defense attorneys. She has contributed in numerous ways to her specialty, including serving as chair of the Wound Ostomy and Continence Nursing Certification Board examination committee, co-chair of the Wound and Ostomy Nurses Society National Conference Planning Committee ostomy track, and peer review for the Journal of Wound Ostomy and Continence Nursing (JWOCN).

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Heidi Cross has an employment relationship with CNY Surgical Physicians. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Heidi Cross is a member of the Wound, Ostomy & Continence Nurses Society, the Association for the Advancement of Wound Care, the American Nurses Association, and the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel. 

Objectives

1. Analyze skin changes in the geriatric population and discuss maintenance of healthy skin.
2. Determine etiology of delayed wound healing.
3. Differentiate common skin and wound healing assessments and challenges in the elderly.
4. Apply knowledge regarding malnutrition and end of life issues.

Outline

Age Related Changes in Skin and Wound Healing 

• Cellular senescence 
• Reduced sensory function 
• Thinning of adipose layer 

Maintaining Skin Health 

• Skin care products and practices 

Photoaging and Age-Related Skin Lesions 

• Actinic keratosis 
• Skin cancers 
• Lentigo 

Skin Tears and Chronic Wounds 

• Skin tear etiology and risk factors 
• Skin tear prevention and management 
• Arterial, venous and diabetic 

Pressure Injuries 

• Risk assessment 
• Tips for prevention 
• Current management techniques 

Incontinence Associated Dermatitis (IAD) 

• Urinary and bowel incontinence assessment and management 
• IAD versus pressure injury: Differential assessment 

Malnutrition  

• Role of nutrition in wound healing 
• Loss of appetite/weight loss among the elderly 

End of Life 

• Skin failure 

Target Audience

• Nurses
• Nurse Practitioners
• Clinical Nurse Specialists
• Physician Assistants
• Physicians
• Physical Therapists
• Physical Therapist Assistants
• Occupational Therapists
• Occupational Therapy Assistants
• Nursing Home Administrators

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